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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2018/05/013892
CTRI/2018/05/013892
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Physiotherapy management of shoulder impingement syndrome in overhead athletes :An EMG â?? evaluative study

centre for physiotherapy and rehabilitation sciences0 sites0 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
centre for physiotherapy and rehabilitation sciences
Status
Active, not recruiting
Last Updated
4 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
4 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
centre for physiotherapy and rehabilitation sciences

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Participants who satisfy the following criteria will be recruited to participate
  • 1\) Age between 17\-35 years
  • 2\) Overhead athletes playing competitive sports like volleyball , tennis ,baseball , cricket , swimming , badminton , basketball for at least 6 hours a week .
  • 3\) The following diagnostic criteria was used as used in previous studies 8
  • Patients were included in the impingement group if they had at least two of the following five criteria,
  • a) Positive Neer sign, reproduction of pain when the examiner passively flexed the humerus to end range with overpressure;
  • b) Positive Hawkins sign, reproduction of pain when the shoulder was passively placed in 90° of forward flexion and internally rotated to end range.
  • c) Positive Jobeâ??s sign, reproduction of pain and lack of force production with isometric elevation in the scapular plane in internal rotation (empty can);
  • d) Pain with apprehension, reproduction of pain when an anteriorly directed force was applied to the proximal humerus in the position of 90° of abduction and 90° of external rotation
  • e) Positive relocation, reduction of pain after a positive apprehension test when a posteriorly directed force was applied to the proximal humerus in the position of 90° of abduction and 90° of external rotation

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\)Subjects who had dislocation in the same or opposite shoulder priorly.
  • 2\)Subjects who have isolated AC Joint pathology which is reproduced with AC joint palpation.
  • 3\)Symptoms from cervical spine ie radiculopathy.
  • 4\)Subjects currently on medication like NSAIDs or received steroid injection in past 12 months etc.
  • 5\)Subjects with prior shoulder surgery on symptomatic side.
  • 6\)Full thickness rotator cuff tear evidenced by drop test.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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